Dropping Anchor
What dropping anchor relates to in real life (think water)
What is an anchor keeping a boat steady in the storm?
Activity we did during the follow your compass group session
What is walk around the school blindfolded with a voice guiding us?
Types of emotions
Examples of physical health exercises/activities
Walking, yoga, eating healthy, riding a bike, going to the gym, etc.
Time we meet for group during the summer
10 am - 12 pm
Purpose of dropping anchor
What is to help you stay grounded steady during tough emotional or physical moments?
Examples of what kinds of things people rely on to guide them in life
What are family expectations, peer pressure, fear, alcohol and drugs, etc.?
Activity we did for noticing and naming emotions
What is create a feelings chart?
Activity we did for physical health during group session
What is go outside to walk around?
Topic discussed at the beginning of every group (was a tie in to what we were going to talk about that day)
What are superheroes/fictional characters?
The three parts of dropping anchor
What is A (acknowledge thoughts and feelings), C (come back/connect to body), and E (engage in what you're doing)?
Two components of the compass
What are who and/or what matters to you and directions points?
Examples of how physical sensations of emotions show up in the body
What are fast heart rate, sweating, clenched fists, smiling, shaking, laughing, chills, etc.
The focus of our activity for physical health group day
What is to use our five senses and be mindful?
The purpose of identifying strengths (group session one)
What is to help us face challenges, get through difficult times, and create more of the lives we want to live?
A deeper version of dropping anchor also includes __________ and ___________.
What are control and inner vs outer experiences?
Purpose of the direction points on the compass
What are to NOT describe how we are right now, but how we want to act in the world?
What willing and accepting emotions mean
What is to make room for emotions without trying to change or get rid of them and allowing them to simply exist so we can respond with clarity?
Benefits of physical health on mental health
What are improve sleep, increase concentration and focus, boost happier moods, improve self-esteem, decrease headaches, reduce stress and anxiety, etc.?
Group activity that involved painting
What is your happy place/taking a break?
What inner vs. outer experiences mean in dropping anchor
What are experiences happening in the inner world (thoughts, emotions) and experiences happening through the senses (outer world)?
Purpose of following your compass
What is to help you move toward being the person you want to be, and having the life you want to have?
The 3 purposes of emotions
What are to communicate to ourselves, to communicate to others, and to motivate us to take action?
The connection between physical health and mental health
What is the mind-body connection?
The five parts of an origin story
What are challenges, mentors/friends, discovery, growth, and future?